😲 Unusually Good Reasons To Use A Smart Resume Builder

The many benefits of using a smart resume builder and how it can save you time, sweat, and blood.

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This is a guest post by Max Woolf.

Say hello to Olivia. She’s a hiring manager on the lookout for stellar hires.

Next to her is a battered PC and a pile of 250+ resumes (that’s what a corporate job opening attracts on average.)

Finally, she picks yours.

A glance here, a glance there and in the resume black hole trash your resume goes.

Arrrgh.

But why?!

In short, it didn’t look professional and was hard to read. That made Olivia go with another candidate.

Don’t stress.

Take a deep breath, you're just a scroll-down away from learning how a resume builder can win recruiters and tip the scales in your favor.

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3 Benefits of Using an Online Resume Builder

1) Save time making your resume look great

My resume looks super terrible. I can't believe I sent this to people.

— Cedric Alessandro Chambers (@ChambersFineArt) July 22, 2014

Here’s the thing:

Finding a job is a race against the clock. The sooner you land your dream job, the better your life will be.

Problem?

Most people are clueless about how to lay out a resume solo. They’ll have to spend every ounce of their energy to research:

• Which sections to include in a resume?
• How long should a resume be?
• How to pick the right font and what’s the best font size for a resume?
• Should you save your resume as a Word Doc or PDF?

But—

If you take advantage of the benefits of using a resume builder, you won’t have to worry about any of that.

Most builders come standard with professional templates, fonts, recommended resume sections, and much more.

As a result, it'll help you save hours worth of research time and let you focus on the critical part of your resume right from the get-go—the content.

2) Apply for more jobs

Did you know that a whopping 75% of recruiters use an applicant tracking system (ATS) to weed out bad candidates on autopilot?

What’s an ATS, exactly?

It’s special software that checks resumes for keywords and compares them against the job ad before your resume reaches the human eye.

So—

If you don’t tailor your resume to match each job ad, your chances of employment will drop off a cliff.

Problem?

If you use MS Word templates, they’ll almost always break when you try to edit or change them.

Is there anything worse than trying to get the correct formatting in Microsoft Word?

— Squid (@SydMitchell) September 18, 2019

Need to add more skills and preserve the formatting? You’re doomed.

One of the benefits of resume builders, on the other hand, is that they are designed for this job.

Just throw whatever skills or certifications you need for a specific role, and smart formatting algorithms will take care of the rest.

As an added benefit, most builders will give you a friendly dashboard with your resumes (+ previews) all in one place for easy navigation between different resume versions.

3) Easy converter between resume file formats

Things I wish I got told prior to writing my dissertation: Formatting is a and conversion to PDF from word is also just as bad. Be prepared to hours adjusting

— V. M. Nepomuceno (@vmn569) September 25, 2019

Nightmare scenario:

You come across a tempting job offer with sky-high pay and more benefits than Fortune 100 organizations can offer.

You spend one hour tailoring your resume to make sure it fits the job description like a plug in a socket.

But—

Before you hit “submit application”, a line in the job description catches your eye.

It says, “Please submit your application in .doc format.”

Problem?

You created your resume with the intent of sending it in PDF (not .doc), so you didn't pay much attention to how it looked in Word.

As a result, you had to waste another hour to reshape your resume (to make sure it didn’t look off-kilter), which you could’ve otherwise used to apply for 1-2 extra jobs.

Argh.

The good news?

A smart resume builder can save your resume in any file format within seconds and give you the peace of mind the layout won’t get skewed.

On top of that, you’ll be able to choose a format within the builder without having to Google a legit converter online that won't potentially steal your data, and then save the document using a resume file name best practice.

There you have it.

A whopping three surprising benefits of using a resume builder in 2019.

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About the author

Max Woolf is a career expert at Zety. He’s passionate about helping people land their dream jobs through the expert career industry coverage. In his spare time, Max enjoys biking and traveling to European countries. You can hit him up on LinkedIn.

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👶 How To Clearly Explain Losing Your Job To Kids

The best way to tell your family you lost your job.

My own layoff story
I was last laid off in early 2006.

At that time, I had 2 kids aged 3 and 2. To me they seemed too young for the layoff to have much meaning in their eyes, but I was wrong.

Before the layoff, my kids barely saw me each weekday. I would leave for work early and come home as they were getting ready for bed, or later.

After the layoff, they saw me all the time. My new job – the job search – gave me the flexibility to take the kids to school and pick them up afterward while still networking, getting interviewed, etc.

My wife and I didn't make a big deal of the change, and to be honest, we didn't really spend much time thinking about whether that was the best way to react. We just told the kids that I would working from home from now on and they took it in stride. Or “Yay!” as they put it.

Kids make everything better. You try to explain what "layoff" means and you get back "I won't have to miss dad ever again!"

— Kristen M. (@WeBeReading) June 29, 2011

Looking back recently, I was curious to hear what child experts would say.

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Be honest and patient
Russell Friedman, former Executive Director of The Grief Recovery Institute Educational Foundation, blogger for Psychology Today and co-author of 3 books including When Children Grieve, suggested:

• Adults—you go first. Telling the truth about your own feelings about your work situation will make it safe for your child to open up about his or her feelings.
• Remember that each of your children is unique and each has a unique relationship to the loss event or situation.
• Be patient. Don’t force them to talk about it.
• Never say “Don’t feel sad” or Don’t feel scared.” Sadness or fear are the two most normal feelings in reaction to loss or change of any kind. They are also essential feelings to being human.
• When they do talk, listen with your heart not your head. Allow all emotions to be expressed without judgment, criticism, or analysis.

React carefully
Dr. Elizabeth R. Lombardo, Ph.D., M.S., P.T. and author of “A Happy You: Your Ultimate Prescription to Happiness,” says:

We often assume that children will be so worried if Daddy is not working, but that is not the case. What causes them stress is parents’ reaction to Daddy’s unemployment.

Unlike parents, children are not calculating the cost of the mortgage and monthly bills, stressed that they cannot be paid. They are not tormented by fears that they may never get another job, or at least not before they lose their home. Children are much more in the here and now. So what is important to them is (1) Daddy is now home to play with me and (2) how Mommy and Daddy are feeling.

Children can be incredibly intuitive. They may not understand why parents are stressed but they can sense something is wrong if you are.

So, how do you tell your young child that their father is unemployed? Try something like “Daddy is not working right now. He will be getting another job soon. Now he is going to focus spending some time playing with you.” You can even highlight some things they might do together (read book, go to the park, play ball…)

More importantly than what you say, though, is your reaction. Try to address your stress level- what you outwardly say and do as well as how you feel inside. Again, children can sense your stress, which then can cause anxiety for them.

@MHChat It’s definitely more difficult to find work after 50 -in my experience. After a layoff 2 yrs ago, I’ve found employers less interested in experience and more interested in paying less to older workers. Even more challenging if you’re caring for kids or parents.

— e (@erinnelansing) July 17, 2019

Have the right attitude going forward
Vicki Hoefle, 20 Year Parent Educator, Mother of 5 teens and creator of Parenting On Track, recommends:

• Children follow their parents lead so attitude is everything. You convey your confidence or lack their off with not only your words, but your voice, tone, body language and eye contact.
• Children can feel a parents' confidence and take their cues from this.
• As you explain the “change” in employment, the details will not be as important as your attitude about this change.
• Most children can not comprehend the idea of work, let alone the idea of unemployment. Narrow this down and talk about it from the child's perspective. Think about how this might impact the child's life. Maybe you will be home in the morning to take them to school. Maybe you will be home at night to have dinner with the family. It isn't as important to talk about the fact that you may have less money to spend on eating out, kids don't pay attention to that. Talk about the tangible changes your children will notice.
• Children do not need updates. They only require that when a significant change, like another job, or moving because you have to sell the house, is explained to the extend that they can assimilate the information. Again, your attitude of “things will be fine, I know what I am doing” is the only thing that matters to young children.
• So curb the desire to tell the kids everything. Use discernment and community a sense of confidence and security to your children during this transitional time.

Involve children at their level
Heather Davis Richards, former VP of Public Affairs for financial education company Essential Knowledge, tells:

Little kids are very resilient to change. They can actually be a huge asset to the family, with their eagerness to be involved. We have seen children all over the world work to raise money for cancer victims, animal rights, and other topics that seem overwhelming. So when it comes to a layoff in the family, it’s best to get them involved at a level they can understand.

First, discuss with your spouse privately, how you both intend to deal with the situation. What budget cuts will need to be made? What changes will that mean? We planned in advance, what the job loss would mean to the family, and how we would cope with the situation. In our family, when my husband was laid off, we decided to cancel after school childcare to save money.

The two biggest questions that children have with this type of situation are, “how will this impact me?” and “should I be scared about this?”

When we discussed it with our seven-year-old, we made sure to stress that everything was going to be fine. There would be changes for awhile, and we made sure to state upfront how that might impact her. She was actually overjoyed at some of the decisions. She was thrilled to be able to ride the bus after school, for instance.

We also asked for her help. We asked for her to help us to look for ways to save money while looking for a new position. She offered to forfeit her allowance, and had many creative ways that we could have inexpensive fun on the weekends. When her birthday rolled around, she came up with the idea for a party at home to cut costs. Don’t be afraid to enlist your children’s help, it empowers them that they are a part of the solution.

Takeaway lessons

• Decide with your spouse how the family should cope with the post-layoff situation
• Tell your family about the layoff without going into details
• Assure your children that everything will be ok (easier said than believed, I know)
• Involve your children in any lifestyle changes, such as cost-cutting

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🤑 How To Evaluate New Job Offers

For best results, negotiate with yourself before negotiating with employers.

This is a guest post by Joey Trebif.

We've all been there.

We make the decision that it's to time leave our current employer and look for another job.

Once you've started your job search, you've cut the emotional ties and now it's just a matter of time until you get the right job offer and then you are on your way.

But what happens if you were not actively looking for a job?

Suppose you were as happy as a pig in **** and then a request for a job interview comes knocking on your door? You go on a few interviews and then you get a job offer you were not planning on.

A job offer as a result of proactive job search is, in a way, a little easier to handle than a job offer that is unsolicited (i.e. when you were not actively looking for a job). In that situation, it can be tough deciding between a job offer and your current job.

A case in point: a friend of mine was happy in his job. The hours were flexible and the pay was good. He liked his boss, liked the people he was working with and was happy with his responsibilities. Then a friend of his told him about a great opportunity at another company. Long story short, he went to the interviews and actually got a job offer, which challenged him to make a decision he was not prepared to make.

I'm a big believer in “it never hurts to listen” even if you were not looking for a job change, but you need to be prepared for the outcome before the big event.

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What to consider before accepting a job offer

Six months ago when we had three students with job offers in a day I was thrilled.

Now we get three students with offers by noon and I think, "I hope it picks up after lunch."

— Austen Allred (@Austen) June 17, 2019

1) Compensation

While compensation should not be the single driving factor of your job search, it is certainly in the top two or three considerations (who wants a new job for less money?).

Your job offer will obviously include your salary and bonus details. Prior to your offer, you should have done some homework on the current market rates for your position. While this is not a hard and fast rule, you will have developed some ranges as to what to expect. If you did not do this prior to the offer, it's never too late to take a look.

Hopefully, the offer meets or exceeds your expectations. Whichever way it goes, you should consider the following:

• Too much of an increase – sounds like a nice problem to have, but if your offer is significantly higher than your current compensation (greater than 25%), it might be a cause to worry. Excessively high compensation offers are often signs of a bigger issue. This is where your due diligence homework comes in (salary surveys and reviews). Try to find someone in your network that has some inside information about the department/position you've been offered.

• Salary increase is too low – while there is not a set percentage increase that you should expect when changing jobs, the job offer should reflect the risk of changing jobs. If you are leaving a current job, as opposed to looking while unemployed, there is a fair amount of risk. Less than a 10% increase might be an issue, but consider the below 9 points along with the compensation piece before making a decision.

• Potential – there should be reasonable upside potential in your future compensation at your new job. You should ask some questions regarding annual compensation or performance reviews. You should also consider where you fall on the low/high compensation range for your role. Where you fall on the salary range will drive upside potential. If you are already earning at the top of your range, the prospect of significantly higher increases will be somewhat lower.

• Variable compensation – you should also consider any variable compensation such as bonuses, overtime pay and sales commissions where relevant.

2) Future Advancement

The potential for advancement should have been one of the questions you asked during the interview process. The size of the company, your role, your performance and the size of your department all play a key part when evaluating future growth.

Regular performance reviews (another question that should be asked during the interview process) also play a key factor. Not to worry, if you did not ask these questions during the interview process it is not too late. The job offer negotiation process (more on that later) is a bit of a give and take (hopefully ‘take,' for you).

3) Organizational Structure

You should fully understand the organizational structure of the company. If this was not made clear during the interview process, now is the time to clarify this. You should clearly understand:

• Who you will report to: your manager and reporting line should be clearly defined in your job offer. How many bosses will you have? Who does your boss report to?

• Who works for you: How large is your staff? Are there any issues to consider?

4) Expectations

Ask the question – “After one year on the job, I've been very successful and have exceeded all expectations. What have I achieved in the year?”

You need to fully understand expectations. What is expected, what must be delivered and what are the obstacles you will encounter?

5) Training

How long will it take you to “come up to speed”? Will some training be provided? Will you need to “hit the road running”?

Depending on your level of experience and position in the new company, there will be some expectation that you can come up to speed quickly. You need to ensure that those expectations are reasonable.

Don't get yourself into a “no win” situation.

6) Stability

What happened to the previous person in the role?

More likely than not, you will be taking a position that belonged to someone else. If you are lucky, the person who had the role before you was promoted and that's why the position is available. But if the person left the organization, you need to understand why they left or were asked to leave.

This is a great time to leverage your network to see if anyone you know can help you find out the details. You should also feel comfortable with the department's and company's turnover.

7) Benefits

Sounds basic, but make sure you fully understand your benefits. While not directly “compensation”, the value of benefits provided (or any shortfalls to what you currently have) can have a huge impact on your net gain over your current role/company.

• Medical and dental
• Vacation, sick days and personal days
• Pensions, 401k plans, matching savings plans
• Work environment – flexible work environment (hours and work from home)

8) What You Can Negotiate

Don't be afraid to negotiate!

Compensation is always up for negotiation. Vacation is also a somewhat easy benefit to negotiate. Benefits are probably not negotiable.

Make sure you balance your requests, as pushing too hard could end the offer. On the other hand, don't settle and be prepared to walk away if you feel the offer falls short.

9) Comparison With Your Current Job

Is the grass always greener on the side?

Items 1 through 8 should help you make your decision but the good old “pros and cons” list is the best way to go.

Make a list of everything you are giving up in your old job and everything you stand to gain in the new job. Be honest with yourself and your pros and cons list will help you make this difficult decision.

10) Counter-offers

Counter-offers are very common. My own personal view is that if it takes a resignation to have your current employer offer what the new company is offering – and many times, more than what is being offered – then it is too late.

On the other hand, a counter-offer generally means that you are highly regarded and that they don't want to lose you.

If you receive a counter-offer, review the reasons you decided to search for a new job and check that you'd be comfortable with staying (you don't want to be looking for a job again in six months).

Life is a journey and your decision is just one more step in that journey. There is no such thing as a “bad decision”, there is no looking back, only looking forward.

Whatever you decide, good luck in your search.

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If you want to improve at something (getting a job offer, getting selected to speak at confs, etc), some of the best advice I’ve ever received was:

“Try to get 10 rejections.”

Or 100, or whatever. Framing it this way frees you to take bigger risks, and sometimes they pay off!

— Denise Yu (@deniseyu21) June 16, 2019

About the author

Joey Trebif is a senior finance executive from the New York area who has extensive experience in job search and career advice. Joey blogs about career advice, job search advice and job search site reviews at CareerAlley.com and can be found on Twitter at @CareerAlley and LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/careeralley?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss.

This article was part of the The $11K 8th Annual JobMob Guest Blogging Contest.

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🖋 How To Follow Up After Job Interviews With Great Follow-ups

Is it follow-up or follow up or followup? How you follow up after an interview is more important than you think.

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You wouldn’t take a pretty girl on one date and expect her to do all the work of getting in touch with you for a second date, would you?

I don’t care how charming you are. That’s a recipe for a lonely night.

The same line of thinking applies to job hunting. If you walked out the door of your job interview and thought that was the end of it, think again.

Writing follow-up emails after job interviews is somehow more nerve wracking than the interviews themselves

— J. Connor Dunn (@JConnorDunn) March 7, 2019

The follow-up is an oft-misunderstood art form. Too often a job is lost because a well-qualified applicant displays no more interest in the job as soon as the door to the HR office closes behind them.

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5 tips to master the art of the job interview follow-up

1. Ask for a business card

Do not leave the interviewer’s office without getting a business card.

If the interviewer asks if you have any questions for him/her, make sure you ask for a business card. This will be crucial to the ensuing steps.

2. Send a follow up thank you email after interview

When you get home from the interview, shoot off a follow-up email to the interviewer, thanking him or her for his time and expressing your interest in the job, again.

This will show the interviewer that you’re serious about working with the company and will probably separate you from half the field of candidates who did not take time to take this action.

3. Then send a thank you letter

Interview tip: Taking the time to say thank you after a job interview reinforces your interest and proves you have great follow-up skills.

— lululemonpeople (@lululemonpeople) March 28, 2017

You should also utilize snail mail to show the interviewer how serious you are. While emails and phone calls can come across as somewhat cold forms of communication, handwritten notes are warm.

In your note, thank them for their time and address a few of the things you discussed in the interview.

For instance, if the interviewer mentioned that the company is looking for goal-oriented people to take on a new project, mention how you have exercised and demonstrated your ability to achieve goals. Tailor the letter to the company you’re sending it to.

4. Call for a status check

One week after the interview, call the interviewer’s office and ask about the status of the job search. If you can’t speak with the interviewer, leave a message on their phone.

One week after that, send another follow up email to the interviewer basically asking the same thing.

5. Don't overdo it

It is possible to come off as overly pushy. The fact is that the HR rep you talked to might be very busy with a lot of new hires. Do not cold call or email more than once in a week. Give them time to respond and when you’re on the phone with them, be courteous and do not simply ask, “Did I get the job?”

The follow-up (call or email) is a great tool in the interviewing process. It can separate the winners from the losers in the hunt for employment, but it will only help if you do your initial homework on the company and properly prepare for the first interview.

Finally- follow up: one word or two? Is it follow-up or follow up? According to Writing Expert Lynn Gaertner-Johnston, only when using the term as a verb is there NO hyphen e.g. “to follow up” is correct use.

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A quick way to be truly appreciated. So how does it work?

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Which of the following scenarios is more powerful?

1) You meet someone at a networking event, and introduce yourself and what you do.

2) You meet someone at a networking event, and while you're talking, an unexpected 3rd person joins the conversation if only to say how much they appreciate what you do.

That's the power of vouching for someone.

At a local Internet conference a few years back, I struck up a conversation with one of the speakers after their talk ended and the auditorium had emptied. I liked what he had to say, and was surprised to learn that he was also from my original hometown of Montreal.

As we were chatting, another attendee came into the auditorium, immediately noticing us near the door. The attendee came over and immediately told my conversation partner, the event speaker, how much he liked JobMob. I in turn introduced him to the speaker.

The speaker was clearly impressed.

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That's how to vouch

Here's why the vouching worked so well.

Relevant

Our conversation took place at an Internet conference, and the attendee (the “vouch-er”) was recommending a website (this one).

True

While it's debatable whether an opinion can really be true or false, if it can be confirmed by reliable sources, it's probably true.

Honest

The attendee's vouching was really what he thought and not the result of some preconceived marketing plan, and there was no incentive involved.

Unexpected

I hadn't beckoned to the attendee, who clearly came over of his own volition because he felt so compelled to share his opinion.

Credible

The speaker had already met the attendee earlier at the same event, so the attendee was a (somewhat) known entity whose credibility could be trusted. The fact that I – the “vouchee” – was present and actually knew the attendee also gave him credibility. Being present also gave me an opportunity to reinforce the recommendation.

How vouching is win-win-win

The vouchee – obvious, this is the person on the receiving end of a recommendation.

The voucher – people simply appreciate people who honestly vouch for others in an unsolicited way, as if they might turn around around and vouch for them too at some point. This builds the brand of the voucher as someone worth knowing.

The listener i.e. receiver of the vouching – they've just met not one, but two people seemingly worth knowing.

Vouching works best in person, but can also be effective online, such as on social media:

Some of my favorite people – intelligent, funny and content actually worth reading. @jacobshare @DeniseFishburne @ChristopherIsak #ShareTheLove

— Liz Blum Brummond (@lizbblum) March 6, 2019

Question of the article

Who have you vouched for recently? Or, what's your most memorable vouching story? Tell us in the comments.

I originally published a version of this article on the terrific Personal Branding Blog.

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🎬 77 Brilliant Celebrity and Celebrity Wannabe Acting Resumes

Learn how to make an acting resume from famous actors.

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Acting resume examples and samples to inspire new actors and old

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• Superheroes
• Game of Thrones
• Harry Potter
• Comedians
• Hollywood stars and more

I really am just existing out here while being the worst speller on the planet. Just realized I had a word completely misspelled this whole time on my ACTING RESUME. You know, the one I need to book work in order to survive lol

— Amanda Simmons (@amandaxsimmons) February 19, 2019

It’s all in the credits…
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Superheroes
Tom Holland's resume	Tom Hiddleston's resume
James McAvoy's resume	Tom Hardy's resume
Ezra Miller's resume	Tilda Swinton's resume
Game of Thrones
Natalie Dormer's resume	Iwan Rheon's resume
Kit Harington's resume	Rose Leslie's resume
Richard Dormer's resume	Lena Headey's resume
Harry Potter
Alan Rickman's resume	Rupert Grint's resume
Comedians
James Corden's resume	Stephen Fry's resume
Bobby Mair's resume	Katherine Ryan's resume
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Hollywood stars and more
Olivia Wilde's resume	Keira Knightley's resume
Kate Winslet's resume	Taron Egerton's resume
Stephen Merchant's resume	Ricky Gervais' resume
Liza Minnelli's resume	Rosamund Pike's resume
Kathleen Turner's resume	Annabelle Wallis' resume
Léa Seydoux's resume	Terence Stamp's resume
Gina Gershon's resume	Ben Whishaw's resume
Sienna Miller's resume	Robert Carlyle's resume
Robert Pattinson's resume	Amira Casar's resume
Hugh Laurie's resume	Leslie Caron's resume
Eddie Redmayne's resume	Richard Armitage's resume
Natalie Imbruglia's resume	Daniel Dae Kim's resume
Jamie Yeo's resume	Lambert Wilson's resume
Wendy Haines' resume	Patsy Kensit's resume
Rueben Medina's resume	Dean Ashton's resume
Cougar Littlefield's resume	Lauren Hansen's resume
Jennifer Ramsey's resume	Anabel Kutay's resume
Nils Hognestad's resume	Jimmy Jean Louis' resume
Sharon Ferguson's resume	Francine Locke's resume
David Ghilardi's resume	David McNulty's resume
Barry Ford's resume	Jennifer Ann Massey's resume
Kamilla Bjorlin's resume	Laney Fichera's resume
Bill Lee Brown's resume	Robert Lepage's resume
Liza Del Mundo's resume	Loren Lester's resume
Lucia Marano's resume	Mark McCullough's resume
Matthew Black's resume	Melissa Hurst's resume
Rivk Najera's resume	Giovannie Espiritu's resume
Erica Shaffer's resume	Shiela Kay's resume
Toni Ann Rossi's resume	Stephen Moramarco's resume

Finally, real character actor Steve Sloan's video acting resume:

More on acting resumes

• Chris Hemworth has lied on his acting resume to get more roles
• 30+ Acting Resumes Critiqued
• How an Actor’s Resume is Different
• Amy Jo Berman‘s The Perfect Acting Resume

Traditionally voice acting roles require some kind of resume or past experiences.

Not here.

For these roles, anyone can try: https://t.co/9GRQdG4APE?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) February 18, 2019

Books for actors seeking to become famous

• How to Become an Actor: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Acting Career
• The New Business of Acting: How to Build a Career in a Changing Landscape – The Next Edition
• Breaking into Commercials: The Complete Guide to Marketing Yourself, Auditioning to Win, And Getting the Job, 3rd ed.

Things to list under special skills for acting resumes:

If you liked this article, you’ll LOVE my 36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work.

Question of the article

Which celebrity resume would you most like to see and why? Tell us in the comments.

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